Key: Eb major
Verse 1
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Ab
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Am
That sweet expression,
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the smile you gave me
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Bb
or is it?
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D
It's March, of 1963
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Cm
In mid- morning, New Jersey
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Two musicians drive through the snow bound,
suburban landscape
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D
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On their way to a recording session
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Verse 2
Gm
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C
And hopes he would hear Frank
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no tion before the session
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Bbm
an experienced song stylist
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F
Eb
Wonders whether he will ever hear his own
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D
Gm
voice over the airways
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The two men met only last week and have
only played a few pieces together
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Db
The singer sitting in informally
Verse 3
Cm
The singer is a little concerned
But the band leader,
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F
the gentle and positive man
different on this occasion
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Bbm
Something wholly sympathetic to
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Ab
the sound the singer has
Verse 4
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Ab
G
The two were joking and smoking and
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C
Csus4
They carry no chats,
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C
F
Ab
and have made no formal musical arrangements
Or even had a real rehearsal
Each man having performed them,
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C
be told what to do or what to play
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Fm
The band is so well acquainted that
Verse 5
Cm
any move that need to be established
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Bb
Will come naturally
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Eb
singing 'Lush Life'
Now he who doesn't know
all the words
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Out of fun the singer joins in any way
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D
And the two add one more tun
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C
Eb
e to the said list
Verse 6
In fact, they do everything
in one take
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Gm
Csus4
a dropped drum stick
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Fsus4
Laughter, handshakes a long drive
Verse 7
home
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John Coltrane will go onto the highest artistic peaks
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And among the most beloved and respected
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in the history of recorded music
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C
Although Johnny Hartman will go on to make
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some great Ballard records after this one
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Including some attempting to echo the magic
of the one he makes with strings
Verse 8
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Broad fame will elude Hartman
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F
until well after this death
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Gm
But we remember them both
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